Usain Bolt to play professional soccer.

Usain Bolt’s eight-year reign as arguably the best athlete on the planet has come to an end, leaving the eight-time Olympic gold medalist sprinter searching for his next act.

He’s hoping that next step occurs on an Australian soccer pitch.

Bolt’s agent Tony Rallis told Australian radio show “Big Sports Breakfast” on Monday that the 31-year old who retired from competitive sprinting last year had agreed in principle to a six-week trial deal with Australian A-League team Central Coast Mariners.

The A-League is the country’s top professional soccer tier and run by Football Federation Australia. Terms of the deal were not reported.

“Apart from him obviously being extremely fast the feedback we have received from Germany and Norway is that he is a very good learner and shows dramatic improvement after every training session,” Mielekamp said.

“This is a very real football opportunity, this is not a stunt or gimmick – we want to know if Usain can play.

“If he can, let’s light up the A-League and bring one of the biggest named athletes in sport to the Central Coast.”